This volume contains two of Friedrich de la Motte Fouque's tale of the fantastic: Aslauga's Knight and The Two Captains.
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Aslauga's Knight (Aslauga's Ritter) and The Two Captains (Die beiden Hauptleute) are classic works of German Romanticism written by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, the author best known for the fairy tale masterpiece Undine. [1, 2]
Aslauga's Knight (1814)
Set in Denmark, the story follows a knight named Froda who becomes spiritually devoted to Aslauga, a mystical, idealized figure from ancient legend. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Froda experiences visions of Aslauga surrounded by a golden veil of her hair, guiding his code of chivalry and protecting his moral choices. [1]
The plot contrasts Froda's unearthly devotion with earthly romance when he crosses paths with a younger knight, Edwald, and a noble lady named Hildegardis. [1, 2]
It was famously translated into English by Thomas Carlyle in his 1827 collection German Romance. [1]